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| sluice [ slooss ] |
noun (plural sluic·es) |
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1. water channel: an artificial channel for a flow of water that is controlled by a valve or gate
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2. floodgate: a valve or floodgate that controls the water in a sluice
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3. water behind floodgate: a body of water contained by a floodgate
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4. drainage channel: a channel for carrying away excess water
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5. trough: a long inclined trough used to separate gold ore from sand or gravel
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6. channel to move logs: an artificial stream or channel for floating logs
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verb (past and past participle sluiced, present participle sluic·ing, 3rd person present singular sluic·es) |
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1. transitive verb flush something with water: to flood or clean something with a sudden heavy flow of water
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2. transitive verb wash gold: to wash gold or other minerals in water flowing in a sluice
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3. transitive and intransitive verb release something from sluice: to flow from a sluice, or let something out of a sluice
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4. transitive verb move something in sluice: to float something, especially logs, down a sluice
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| [14th century. < Old French escluse< Latin exclus-, past participle of excludere (see exclude)] |
